Hi Joe;

I'm getting the System Log error "504 Unrecognized authentication type" when I try to Send a Newsletter. I don't think it's a Newsletter problem, I think I've buggered up my SMTP settings, somehow. I've used the web.config setting values in other c# code and it was able to send email without problem. (UseDefaultCredentials appears to a property in System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient that is required for Google email; but, I don't see it available in web.config.)

System Log error:

2008-01-19 10:53:56,045 [5572] ERROR mojoPortal.Business.LetterSendTask [(null)] - 504 Unrecognized authentication type

Key parts of web.config:

<add key="SMTPServer" value="smtp.gmail.com" />
<add key="SMTPRequiresAuthentication" value="true" />
<add key="SMTPUseSsl" value="true" />
<add key="SMTPPort" value="587" />
<add key="SMTPUser" value="MooreWorksService@gMail.Com" />
<add key="SMTPPassword" value="foo" />
<add key="SMTPTimeoutInMilliseconds" value="15000" />
<add key="DefaultEmailFrom" value="DaleEMoore@gMail.Com" />
<add key="WebMaster" value="DaleEMoore@gMail.Com" />

and further down for PasswordRecovery must be in web.config and will be overwritten on next upgrade of MP:

<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp from="DaleEMoore@gMail.Com">
<network
host="smtp.gmail.com"
port="587"
password="foo"
userName="MooreWorksService@gMail.Com"
defaultCredentials="false"
/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>

Any help you can provide is very much appreciated,
Dale E. Moore
 

The Contact form tells me "Thank You! Your message has been sent." But no message is ever received at the destination. I wrote a little code to run on the same server and see if I could figure out why the message was never received... Perhaps the server didn't send it. But my code sends the email...

Code to send test email:

System.Net.Mail.MailMessage message = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage();
message.To.Add(ToTextBox1.Text);
message.Subject = SubjectTextBox1.Text;
message.From = new System.Net.Mail.MailAddress(FromTextBox1.Text);
message.Body = "test";
message.IsBodyHtml = IsHTMLCheckBox1.Checked ? true : false;

System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient smtp = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient(HostTextBox1.Text, Convert.ToInt32(PortTextBox1.Text));
System.Net.NetworkCredential SMTPUserInfo = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(UserNameTextBox1.Text, PasswordTextBox1.Text);
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = UseDefaultCredentialsCheckBox1.Checked ? true : false;
smtp.EnableSsl = EnableSSLCheckBox1.Checked ? true : false;
smtp.Credentials = SMTPUserInfo;
s1 = message.Body;
try
{
smtp.Send(message);
StatusTextBox1.Text = "OK";
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
StatusTextBox1.Text = ex.ToString();
}
message.Dispose(); // Free up the attachment once sent.

Form parameters:

Host: mail.mooreworks.net
Port: 25
Username: mworks@mooreworks.net
Use Default Credentials: True
Enable SSL: False
From: DaleEMoore@gMail.Com
To: DaleEMoore@gMail.Com
Subject: c2 smtpTest1
Is HTML: False
 

I cleared the System Log before running the Contact form and afterwards there are no entries in the system log and the Contact form says "Thank You! Your message has been sent."

I'm hoping that you (careful reader) will have some insight into this oddity; none of my searches have brought me any insight. I'm trying to turn on web.config system.diagnostics on my production machine as I mentioned in a previous post which works on my development machine. But I am unable to get any logging, or even create the log file.

I moved the <system.diagnostics> section to before <configSections> and got the normal error, so I know I'm fiddling with the correct web.config file. I've created the c:\System.Net.trace.log and granted everyone full access, but; no logging entries ever appear.

Any suggestions you have are very much appreciated,
Dale E. Moore

Thanks everyone (Joe:):

I was never successfull with Google's smtp.gmail.com:( But a different email server is working fine for me now. I was surprised to discover that the Contact Form, Feature Instance Settings, e-mail address MUST be correct also or authentication fails.

Metta,
Dale E. Moore

Sorry, forgot to include the error message from the log.

Error message from the log: 2008-12-19 09:01:10,697 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.ContactUI.ContactForm - 504 Unrecognized authentication type